Hungarian interview - Charles Ficzere

Date

1984-07-11

Contributor: Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Description

English (en)
French (fr)

Charles Ficzere was born in a village in Hungary. He left his native country in 1929, and travelled for sixteen days across the ocean to St. John's, Newfoundland. From there he went to Montreal and on to Woodstock, Ontario. He offers his first impressions of Canada. In south-western Ontario, Mr. Ficzere became a tobacco farmer, growing his first crop in 1932. He shares his thoughts on the community of Delhi, Ontario.

Charles Ficzere est né dans un village en Hongrie. Il a quitté son pays natal en 1929 et pendant seize jours a voyagé à travers l’océan jusqu’à St. John’s, en Terre-Neuve. De là il est allé à Montréal et ensuite à Woodstock en Ontario. Il décrit ses premières impressions sur le Canada. M. Ficzere s’est installé dans le sud-ouest de l’Ontario où il est devenu cultivateur de tabac, il a fait sa première récolte en 1932. Il partage ses réflexions sur la communauté de Delhi en Ontario.

Physical description

(1 audio file (1:16:53))

Keywords

Ficzere, Charles - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history

Genre

Interviews

Oral histories

Sound recordings

Type of resource

Sound recording non-musical

Language

English

Part of

1956 Hungarian Memorial Oral History Project

Identifier

HungTape010100

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